Richard Walsh

A new cricketing centre has recently been opened at Writhlington School in North Somerset, that will help the development of the game in that part of the county

Somerset Under-19's stormed to a resounding victory over Hampshire at the Nevil Road Ground in Bristol yesterday in the final of the ECB 2 day competition, with a day to spare

Somerset Sabres travelled to Chester le Street to face Durham Dynamoes in the NUL National League on Monday in a match that was always going to be difficult, following so close on the heels of the C and G Lord's final match at the weekend

The focus of attention for Somerset County Cricket Club will today switch to the Nevil Road Ground in Bristol where over the next couple of days the Cidermen's Under 19's will take on Hampshire in the final of the ECB two day competition

Somerset Sabres, who are already doomed to the second division next season, give two young players their chance to shine when they play against Durham in the NUL National League at the Riverside Ground at Chester le Street tomorrow

At the start of the morning at Lord's there was warm applause for the two umpires John Holder and George Sharp as they walked out onto the pitch, followed by a slightly warmer welcome for the Yorkshire skipper Richard Blakey and his team, but by far

Ian Blackwell has at last been given the recognition by the England selectors that Cider county followers have been expecting for sometime when he was named as the replacement for the injured Andrew Flintoff for the ICC Trophy this autumn

The Somerset dream of retaining the Cheltenham and Gloucester trophy to salvage something from their disappointing season was ended when they were beaten by Yorkshire in the final at Lord's

Acting as third umpire in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy Final tomorrow will be the final official duty that Ken Palmer performs at Lord's before he retires from the first class list at the end if this season

Somerset Cricket Board XI continue their challenge for a place in the second round of the 2003 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy this morning when they will be looking to beat Cornwall at Camborne, after rain brought an early finish to proceedings

Tomorrow an estimated nine thousand Somerset supporters will converge on Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, North London in a show of loyal support for their beloved Cidermen

Somerset Cricket Board lost their first round match of the 2003 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy today at Camborne by the narrowest of margins

With Somerset in the depths of the relegation zone in the county championship and already doomed to Division Two of the NUL National League, the thoughts of their supporters will no doubt be looking for brighter things in the Cheltenham and

Somerset's road to Lord's in 2002 has been anything but easy and at times it has seemed that the fates have conspired against them returning to the headquarters of the summer game to defend the trophy they won last season

Somerset find themselves in even deeper relegation trouble in Division One of the County Championship after they slumped to a 336 run defeat at the hands of fellow strugglers Lancashire at Blackpool today

Somerset's quest for gold in one day competitions goes back thirty five years to 1967, and there is one person who has been involved at the club for all that length of time

On Thursday, just two days before the Cidermen take on Yorkshire in the 2002 final of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy at Lords, the Somerset Board XI face Cornwall in the first round of the 2003 competition

Somerset face a massive target in their final if they are to avoid defeat at the hands of fellow strugglers Lancashire at Blackpool, after the home side had set them to get 407 for victory

Somerset Under 19's scored a comfortable victory over Essex at Uxbridge in the semi final of the ECB two day competition today

Fast bowler Simon Francis is the hew `Hero of the Week' following his career best 5 for 73 against Warwickshire in the county championship match that finished at the County Ground over the weekend